scholarly journals Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Induction Mediated by Genistein Is Linked to Cell Cycle Arrest in G2

1998 ◽  
Vol 72 (10) ◽  
pp. 8174-8180 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joel Gozlan ◽  
Janet L. Lathey ◽  
Stephen A. Spector

ABSTRACT Protein tyrosine kinase (PTK) phosphorylation is involved in cellular proliferation and differentiation processes that are key factors for human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) regulation in infected monocytic cells. Short-term exposure of the chronically infected promyelocytic OM10 cell line with the PTK inhibitor genistein induced a dose-dependent increase in p24 antigen production in culture supernatants. This induction persisted in the presence of the reverse transcriptase inhibitor, zidovudine, and was associated with an increased transcription of HIV-1 multiply spliced and unspliced RNAs, suggesting a transcriptional mechanism targeting the integrated provirus. Genistein induced cell differentiation, apoptosis, and a G2 arrest in the OM10 cells. Cell differentiation and apoptosis were not directly involved in the observed increase in HIV-1 replication that was closely linked to genistein-induced G2 arrest. Alleviation of the G2 arrest by pentoxyfylline resulted in a concomitant reduction of HIV-1 to baseline replication. Additionally, by flow cytometry, a significant increase in the number of p24 antigen-expressing cells was observed in cells arrested in G2 compared to those located in G1 or S. Tyrosine kinase inhibition was found not to be essential for enhanced viral replication, which seemed to be related to two other properties of genistein, inhibition of topoisomerase II activity and inhibition of phosphotidylinositol turnover. These findings are consistent with the recent observation that HIV-1 Vpr induces viral replication through preventing proliferation of cells by arresting them in G2 of the cell cycle and strongly suggest that manipulation of the cell cycle plays an important role in HIV-1 pathogenesis.

2003 ◽  
Vol 77 (7) ◽  
pp. 3962-3972 ◽  
Author(s):  
Betty Poon ◽  
Irvin S. Y. Chen

ABSTRACT Retroviral DNA synthesized prior to integration, termed unintegrated viral DNA, is classically believed to be transcriptionally inert and to serve only as a precursor to the transcriptionally active integrated proviral DNA form. However, it has recently been found to be expressed under some circumstances during human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) replication and may play a significant role in HIV-1 pathogenesis. HIV-1 Vpr is a virion-associated accessory protein that is critical for HIV-1 replication in nondividing cells and induces cell cycle arrest and apoptosis. We find that Vpr, either expressed de novo or released from virions following viral entry, is essential for unintegrated viral DNA expression. HIV-1 mutants defective for integration in either the integrase catalytic domain or the cis-acting att sites can express unintegrated viral DNA at levels similar to that of wild-type HIV-1, but only in the presence of Vpr. In the absence of Vpr, the expression of unintegrated viral DNA decreases 10- to 20-fold. Vpr does not affect the efficiency of integration from integrase-defective HIV-1. Vpr-mediated enhancement of expression from integrase-defective HIV-1 requires that the viral DNA be generated in cells through infection and is mediated via a template that declines over time. Vpr activation of expression does not require exclusive nuclear localization of Vpr nor does it correlate with Vpr-mediated cell cycle arrest. These results attribute a new function to HIV-1 Vpr and implicate Vpr as a critical component in expression from unintegrated HIV-1 DNA.


2008 ◽  
Vol 28 (18) ◽  
pp. 5621-5633 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chad M. McCall ◽  
Paula L. Miliani de Marval ◽  
Paul D. Chastain ◽  
Sarah C. Jackson ◽  
Yizhou J. He ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT Damaged DNA binding protein 1, DDB1, bridges an estimated 90 or more WD40 repeats (DDB1-binding WD40, or DWD proteins) to the CUL4-ROC1 catalytic core to constitute a potentially large number of E3 ligase complexes. Among these DWD proteins is the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) Vpr-binding protein VprBP, whose cellular function has yet to be characterized but has recently been found to mediate Vpr-induced G2 cell cycle arrest. We demonstrate here that VprBP binds stoichiometrically with DDB1 through its WD40 domain and through DDB1 to CUL4A, subunits of the COP9/signalsome, and DDA1. The steady-state level of VprBP remains constant during interphase and decreases during mitosis. VprBP binds to chromatin in a DDB1-independent and cell cycle-dependent manner, increasing from early S through G2 before decreasing to undetectable levels in mitotic and G1 cells. Silencing VprBP reduced the rate of DNA replication, blocked cells from progressing through the S phase, and inhibited proliferation. VprBP ablation in mice results in early embryonic lethality. Conditional deletion of the VprBP gene in mouse embryonic fibroblasts results in severely defective progression through S phase and subsequent apoptosis. Our studies identify a previously unknown function of VprBP in S-phase progression and suggest the possibility that HIV-1 Vpr may divert an ongoing chromosomal replication activity to facilitate viral replication.


1998 ◽  
Vol 72 (1) ◽  
pp. 830-836 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hassan M. Naif ◽  
Shan Li ◽  
Mohammed Alali ◽  
Andrew Sloane ◽  
Lijun Wu ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT The chemokine receptor CCR5 and to a lesser extent CCR3 and CCR2b have been shown to serve as coreceptors for human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) entry into blood- or tissue-derived macrophages. Therefore, we examined the expression of the chemokine receptors CCR1, CCR2b, CCR3, CCR5, and CXCR4 as RNAs or as membrane-expressed antigens in monocytes maturing into macrophages and correlated these results with the susceptibility of macrophages to HIV-1 infection, as measured by their concentrations of extracellular p24 antigen and levels of intracellular HIV DNA by quantitative PCR. There was little change in levels of CCR1, CCR2b, and CCR5 RNAs. CCR3 RNA and surface antigen were undetectable throughout maturation of adherent monocytes over 10 days. CXCR4 RNA and membrane antigen were strongly expressed in newly adherent monocytes, but their levels declined at day 7. The amounts of CCR5 RNA remained stable, but the amounts of CCR5 antigen increased from undetectable to peak levels at day 7 and then declined slightly at day 10. Levels of susceptibility to laboratory (HIV-1BaL) and clinical strains of HIV-1 showed parallel kinetics, peaking at day 7 and then decreasing at days 10 to 14. The concordance of levels of HIV DNA and p24 antigen suggested that the changes in susceptibility with monocyte maturation were at or immediately after entry and correlated well with CCR5 expression and inversely with CXCR4 expression.


2000 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 872-881 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seiichi Hashida ◽  
Setsuko Ishikawa ◽  
Kazuya Hashinaka ◽  
Ichiro Nishikata ◽  
Shinichi Oka ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT For earlier diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection, the sensitivities of immune complex transfer enzyme immunoassays for HIV-1 p24 antigen and antibody immunoglobulin G (IgG) to HIV-1 p17 antigen were improved approximately 25- and 90-fold, respectively, over those of the previous immunoassays by performing solid-phase immunoreactions with shaking and increasing the serum sample volumes, and immune complex transfer enzyme immunoassay of antibody IgM to p17 antigen was also performed in the same way as the improved immunoassay of antibody IgG to p17 antigen. By the improved immunoassays, p24 antigen and antibody IgG to p17 antigen were detected earlier in 32 and 53%, respectively, of the HIV-1 seroconversion serum panels tested than before the improvements, and p24 antigen was detected as early as or earlier than HIV-1 RNA by reverse transcriptase-PCR (RT-PCR) in all of the panels tested. In 4 panels out of 19 tested, antibody IgG to p17 antigen or both antibodies IgG and IgM to p17 antigen were detected earlier than p24 antigen and RNA, although the antibody levels declined slightly before their steep increases usually observed after p24 antigen and RNA. Thus, the window period in diagnosis of HIV-1 infection can be shortened by detection of p24 antigen with the improved immunoassay as much as by detection of RNA with RT-PCR and, in some cases, more by detection of antibodies IgG and IgM to p17 antigen with the improved immunoassays than by detections of p24 antigen with the improved immunoassay and RNA with RT-PCR.


2008 ◽  
Vol 82 (18) ◽  
pp. 9265-9272 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jason L. DeHart ◽  
Alberto Bosque ◽  
Reuben S. Harris ◽  
Vicente Planelles

ABSTRACT Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) Vif recruits a Cullin 5 ubiquitin ligase that targets APOBEC3 proteins for degradation. Recently, Vif has also been shown to induce cell cycle disturbance in G2. We show that in contrast to the expression of Vpr, the expression of Vif does not preclude cell division, and therefore, Vif causes delay and not arrest in G2. We also demonstrate that the interaction of Vif with the ubiquitin ligase is required for cell cycle disruption, as was previously shown for HIV-1 Vpr. The presence of APOBEC3 D/E, F, and G had no influence on Vif-induced alteration of the cell cycle. We conclude that cell cycle delay by Vif is a result of ubiquitination and degradation of a cellular protein that is different from the known APOBEC3 family members.


1994 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Royal ◽  
O. A. Selnes ◽  
M. Concha ◽  
T. E. Nance-Sproson ◽  
J. C. McArthur

2000 ◽  
Vol 74 (7) ◽  
pp. 3105-3111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sheila A. Stewart ◽  
Betty Poon ◽  
Joo Y. Song ◽  
Irvin S. Y. Chen

ABSTRACT Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) Vpr is a 96-amino-acid protein that is found associated with the HIV-1 virion. Vpr induces cell cycle arrest at the G2/M phase of the cell cycle, and this arrest is followed by apoptosis. We examined the mechanism of Vpr-induced apoptosis and found that HIV-1 Vpr-induced apoptosis requires the activation of a number of cellular cysteinyl aspartate-specific proteases (caspases). We demonstrate that ectopic expression of anti-apoptotic viral proteins, which inhibit caspase activity, and addition of synthetic peptides, which represent caspase cleavage sites, can inhibit Vpr-induced apoptosis. Finally, inhibition of caspase activity and subsequent inhibition of apoptosis results in increased viral expression, suggesting that therapeutic strategies aimed at reducing Vpr-induced apoptosis in vivo require careful consideration.


2000 ◽  
Vol 74 (14) ◽  
pp. 6520-6527 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yi Zhou ◽  
Lee Ratner

ABSTRACT Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) Vpr regulates nuclear transport of the viral preintegration complex, G2 cell cycle arrest, and transcriptional transactivation. We asked whether phosphorylation could affect Vpr activity. Vpr was found to be phosphorylated on serine residues in transiently transfected and infected cells. Residues 79, 94, and 96 were all found to be phosphorylated, as assessed by alanine mutations. Mutation of Ser-79 to Ala abrogated effects of Vpr on cell cycle progression, whereas mutation of Ser-94 and Ser-96 had no effect. Simultaneous mutation of all three Vpr serine residues attenuated HIV-1 replication in macrophages, whereas single and double Ser mutations had no effect.


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